This one is a German classic – usually made from a box mix, but I cracked the code and figured out how to make the best version of this cherry chocolate cake from scratch!
A quick note about the cherries used in this recipe. They are not the typical Maraschino cherries you find in American supermarkets (always be weary of neon colored food!). They are jarred or canned sweet or sour cherries (oftentimes using sugar in the process). You could also use other fruit here like blueberries or fresh cherries!
This will be a very moist and cloudy light cake! And here is the recipe including metric and US measurements.
Ingredients
- 200g (14 Tbsp.) butter
- 125g (2/3 cup) sugar
- 3 Eggs (size L)
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
- 1 pinch if salt
- 250 (1 3/5 cup) flour
- 15g (1 Tbps.) backing power
- 50ml (little less than 1/4 cup) milk
- 2 Tbsp. sour cream
- 100g (3.5 oz) chocolate sprinkles (Schokoblättchen)
- 350g (12,.4 oz) (net after draining) of canned or jarred cherries
Method
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs, one at a time, salt and vanilla extract.
- Add flour and baking powder.
- Add milk and sour cream.
- Preheat oven to 320F/160C.
- Butter and flour a 28 cm springform pan.
- Spread dough in the pan and place drained cherries on top.
- Bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
Serve for “coffee and cake” or eat it for second breakfast, if you have hobbit genes like me 🙂
Marcile says
Sounds wonderful will be sure to try. My Grandmother made a cake similar to this but right before it was done poured a custard-like mixture over it and finished baking in the oven. Of course no one got the recipe from her since it was in her head it was passed down to her by her German mother. I’ve tried to reproduce but not been successful, any ideas?
Love the white carmels I gifted to my polish friend and she loved them too.
Thank you.
Marcile
Dani says
Mmmm that sounds like a delicious cake your grandma made 🙂 what if you tried it with something like this at the end: http://whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/magic-custard-cake/
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